Funeral services for Edward Lee Williams, Jr., 24, of Marshall, TX, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 6, 2015, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Rev. Glen Boyd and Rev. Dewayne Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in Colonial Gardens Cemetery. A time of visitation for family and friends will be held from 4:00-6:00 p.m., Friday, June 5, 2015, at Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Williams passed away June 1, 2015. Edward Lee Williams, Jr. was born June 14, 1990, in Marshall, to Edward Lee Williams, Sr. and Linda Carol Sparks. He was a machine operator for Progress Rail & Manufacturing in Waskom. EJ loved his job and highly respected his co-workers and bosses. Edward was a member of Evergreen Baptist Church. He enjoyed playing cards, going to movies with his son, and riding his ATV and going fishing with his son and family. Surviving EJ are his wife, Morgan Grigsby and son, Drake Lee Williams of Marshall; parents, Edward Lee Williams, Sr. and Linda Carol Nguyen, both of Marshall; grandparents, Rev. James L. and Dorothy Williams, Gerald Dean and Mary Jeanette Parker and Madlyn Maley Cale, all of Marshall; sister, Raven Lee Parker of Marshall; brothers, Roderick Lynn Sparks of San Antonio, Leonard Earl Sparks of Houston, and Alfred Ray Woodkins, Jr. of Marshall; special Godparents, Robert Douglas Parker, Michael Whitaker; special brother, Christopher Crawford; numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, other extended family and friends. EJ was preceded in death by his grandmother, Mary Ann Sparks; grandfather, Tommie Lee Sparks; and brother, Baby Boy Williams. Pallbearers will be Dekevius Johnson, Bo Crooks, David Bobo Gomez, Christopher Crawford, Korey Gomez and David Luna. Honorary pallbearers are Roderick Lynn Sparks, Leonard Earl Sparks and Alfred Ray Woodkins, Jr.